(A) These regulations shall apply to any new development or redevelopment construction activities that result in land disturbance greater than or equal to 5,000 square feet. No person shall be granted a site development permit for land-disturbing activity greater than or equal to 5,000 square feet without the approval of an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan by the Village of Indian Hill.
(B) Construction activities disturbing one or more acres of total land or will disturb less than one acre of land but are part of a larger common plan of development or sale that will ultimately disturb one or more acres of land, shall obtain coverage through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit, latest version. The threshold acreage includes the entire area disturbed in the larger common plan of development or sale. Erosion and sediment controls or BMPs shall comply with the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3) requirements prescribed in the OEPA NPDES Construction General Permit, latest version.
(C) Erosion and sediment controls shall be selected and designed to be consistent with standards and specifications included in the Ohio DNR Rainwater and Land Development manual, latest edition.
(D) Construction activities that meet the applicability requirements described above shall require approval from the Planning Commission as follows.
(1) No changes shall be made in the contour of the land; no grading, excavating, removal, or destruction of the topsoil trees or other vegetative cover of the land shall be commenced until such time that a plan for minimizing erosion and sedimentation has been processed with and reviewed by the Planning Commission or its duly authorized representative, or there has been a determination by the Planning Commission or its duly authorized representative that such plans are not required.
(2) No subdivision or land development plan shall be approved unless there has been a plan approved by the Planning Commission or its duly authorized representative that provides for minimizing erosion and sediment as consistent with the intent of this chapter; or has been a determination by the Planning Commission or its duly authorized representative that such plans are not required. Where a plan is approved as herein provided no work of the type described in division (A) above shall be done, except in accordance with the approved plan.
(Ord. 12-20, passed 11-23-20)